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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1)
Aug.
2019		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

 200,953 201,319 201,417 200,953 201,082 201,154 201,233 201,319 201,417

Civilian labor force

 126,920 124,664 124,491 126,853 121,242 122,661 124,009 123,618 124,471

Participation rate

 63.2 61.9 61.8 63.1 60.3 61.0 61.6 61.4 61.8

Employed

 122,439 112,913 115,205 122,566 104,065 107,499 111,538 112,226 115,354

Employment-population ratio

 60.9 56.1 57.2 61.0 51.8 53.4 55.4 55.7 57.3

Unemployed

 4,481 11,752 9,286 4,286 17,176 15,162 12,470 11,392 9,118

Unemployment rate

 3.5 9.4 7.5 3.4 14.2 12.4 10.1 9.2 7.3

Not in labor force

 74,033 76,655 76,927 74,100 79,840 78,493 77,224 77,701 76,946

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 66,119 64,672 64,909 66,064 63,645 64,125 64,688 64,420 64,911

Participation rate

 71.8 70.1 70.3 71.8 69.1 69.5 70.1 69.8 70.3

Employed

 64,252 59,432 60,577 64,099 55,776 57,263 58,898 59,054 60,425

Employment-population ratio

 69.8 64.4 65.6 69.6 60.5 62.1 63.8 64.0 65.4

Unemployed

 1,867 5,240 4,331 1,965 7,869 6,862 5,790 5,367 4,485

Unemployment rate

 2.8 8.1 6.7 3.0 12.4 10.7 9.0 8.3 6.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,839 54,843 54,837 56,152 53,634 54,294 55,147 55,124 55,124

Participation rate

 57.8 56.6 56.6 58.1 55.4 56.1 56.9 56.9 56.9

Employed

 53,798 49,214 50,557 54,379 45,563 47,195 49,440 49,822 51,124

Employment-population ratio

 55.7 50.8 52.2 56.3 47.1 48.8 51.1 51.4 52.7

Unemployed

 2,042 5,629 4,279 1,773 8,071 7,099 5,707 5,302 4,000

Unemployment rate

 3.7 10.3 7.8 3.2 15.0 13.1 10.3 9.6 7.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,962 5,150 4,746 4,636 3,963 4,242 4,174 4,074 4,437

Participation rate

 40.5 42.4 39.1 37.9 32.6 34.9 34.4 33.6 36.6

Employed

 4,389 4,266 4,070 4,088 2,727 3,041 3,201 3,350 3,805

Employment-population ratio

 35.9 35.1 33.5 33.4 22.4 25.0 26.4 27.6 31.4

Unemployed

 573 884 676 548 1,236 1,202 973 724 632

Unemployment rate

 11.5 17.2 14.2 11.8 31.2 28.3 23.3 17.8 14.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 33,081 33,353 33,386 33,081 33,267 33,294 33,323 33,353 33,386

Civilian labor force

 20,645 20,321 20,199 20,604 19,487 19,858 20,010 20,094 20,150

Participation rate

 62.4 60.9 60.5 62.3 58.6 59.6 60.0 60.2 60.4

Employed

 19,503 17,283 17,551 19,485 16,240 16,523 16,927 17,161 17,528

Employment-population ratio

 59.0 51.8 52.6 58.9 48.8 49.6 50.8 51.5 52.5

Unemployed

 1,143 3,038 2,648 1,119 3,247 3,334 3,083 2,933 2,621

Unemployment rate

 5.5 15.0 13.1 5.4 16.7 16.8 15.4 14.6 13.0

Not in labor force

 12,435 13,031 13,187 12,477 13,780 13,436 13,313 13,258 13,237

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,546 9,319 9,331 9,487 8,880 8,970 9,161 9,229 9,277

Participation rate

 68.7 66.3 66.3 68.2 63.4 63.9 65.2 65.6 65.9

Employed

 9,005 7,923 8,125 8,937 7,448 7,583 7,670 7,827 8,051

Employment-population ratio

 64.8 56.4 57.7 64.3 53.2 54.1 54.6 55.7 57.2

Unemployed

 540 1,396 1,206 550 1,432 1,388 1,492 1,402 1,225

Unemployment rate

 5.7 15.0 12.9 5.8 16.1 15.5 16.3 15.2 13.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,346 10,136 10,141 10,400 9,995 10,097 10,113 10,156 10,174

Participation rate

 61.9 60.0 60.0 62.2 59.4 59.9 60.0 60.2 60.2

Employed

 9,858 8,702 8,870 9,944 8,351 8,426 8,693 8,785 8,949

Employment-population ratio

 59.0 51.6 52.5 59.5 49.6 50.0 51.6 52.0 53.0

Unemployed

 488 1,433 1,271 456 1,644 1,671 1,420 1,371 1,224

Unemployment rate

 4.7 14.1 12.5 4.4 16.4 16.5 14.0 13.5 12.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 753 866 727 717 612 791 735 709 699

Participation rate

 30.6 35.9 30.1 29.1 25.2 32.7 30.4 29.4 29.0

Employed

 639 657 556 604 441 515 564 549 527

Employment-population ratio

 26.0 27.2 23.0 24.6 18.2 21.3 23.3 22.7 21.9

Unemployed

 114 209 171 113 171 276 171 160 172

Unemployment rate

 15.2 24.2 23.5 15.8 28.0 34.9 23.2 22.5 24.6

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 16,433 16,420 16,597 16,433 16,363 16,385 16,471 16,420 16,597

Civilian labor force

 10,554 10,481 10,627 10,527 9,938 9,968 10,108 10,408 10,595

Participation rate

 64.2 63.8 64.0 64.1 60.7 60.8 61.4 63.4 63.8

Employed

 10,248 9,207 9,491 10,227 8,499 8,475 8,717 9,163 9,462

Employment-population ratio

 62.4 56.1 57.2 62.2 51.9 51.7 52.9 55.8 57.0

Unemployed

 306 1,274 1,136 299 1,438 1,493 1,392 1,245 1,133

Unemployment rate

 2.9 12.2 10.7 2.8 14.5 15.0 13.8 12.0 10.7

Not in labor force

 5,879 5,939 5,969 5,906 6,425 6,417 6,362 6,012 6,001

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: September 04, 2020